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CANNA LIMBATA. 



(Bordered-petaled Carina.') 

 LINNEAN SYSTEM. NATURAL ORDER. 



MONANDRIA M0N0GYN1A. MAMNTACEi, — (Lindl.) CANNES. (BrOWTl.) 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Canna (Lin.) Anthera simplex, filamenti margini adnata. Stylus crassus, claviformis. 

 Stigma obtusum. Capsula trilocularis. Semina globosa, numerosa. — (Reenter et Schultes Syst. 

 Veget.) [ 



Anther simple, joined to the margin of the filament. Style thick, club-shaped. Stigma 

 obtuse. Capsule three-celled. Seeds round, numerous. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



C. Limbata ; corollas limbi mterioris labio superiore tripartito ; laciniis emarginatis, crenatis ; 

 unguibus longis ; labio inferiore bifido dechnato. — Roscoe MSS. 



The upper lip of the interior limb of the corolla divided into three parts ; the divisions 

 notched at the end, and crenate ; claws long ; the lower lip divided into two parts, and bending 

 down. 



Canna limbata. — Roscoe, Bot. Reg. t. 771. 

 C. auro-vittata. — Loddige's Bot. Cab. 



Descr. — Stem from four to six feet high, which, together with the leaves, is of a soft and 

 pleasing glaucous green colour. Leaves ovate, lanceolate, acute, surrounded with a white carti- 

 laginous margin, sheathing at their base to the depth of from two to four inches. Flowers in a 

 corymbose panicle, numerous, the upper lip of which is of a brilliant crimson colour, bordered 

 with golden yellow ; the lower lip is revolute, yellow, spotted with crimson, divided at the 

 apex. Capsule globular, in its immature state covered all over with angular fleshy protube- 

 rances, three-celled, dehiscing longitudinally. Seeds round, black, each cell containing one to 

 four, and adhering to numerous fibrous placenta}. 



This beautiful species of Canna was figured from a plant in the collection of 

 the Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society, and was raised from seeds 

 presented to that establishment by C. B. Cope, Esq., of Edgbaston, who received 

 them from Brazil. 



It is a plant of stately growth, of elegant appearance, and will be very orna- 

 mental to any stove collection into which it may be introduced, as its flowers 

 continue for some time, and are produced at almost all seasons of the year. 



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